| Trends
2009 |
Paula
Hannaford-Agor. Saving
Money for Everyone: The Current Economic Crisis
is an Opportunity to Get Serious About Improving
Juror Utilization.
The current economic cirsis provides
an opportunity for courts to improve juror
utilization, potentially saving tens of
thousands of dollars per year in unnecessary
expenses incurred for unused jurors and in lost
income and lost productivity incurred by jurors,
their employers, and their communities.
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| Trends
2008 |
G.
Thomas Munsterman. Jury
System. Discusses
important developments in jury system
management, examines current issues and
innovations, and provides a glimpse into the
future.
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| Trends
2006 |
Hon. Donald E.
Shelton. Technology,
Popular Culture and the Court System.
This article discusses how the technological
revolution is now part of our popular culture
and that popular culture is directly reflected
in our juries, as it should be in a system that
puts its faith in the people. The Court system
needs to find ways to keep pace.
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| Trends
2004 |
Judge
Jacqueline Connor and Anne Endress Skove. Dial
"M" for Misconduct: The Effect of Mass Media
and Pop Culture on Juror Expectations. This
article discusses the intersection of mass
media, pop culture, and juror
expectations. It presents evidence on how
shows such as Ally McBeal and Law and
Order influence the expectations that people
have of the judicial system.
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| Trends
2003 |
Anne
E. Skove. Post-Ring
Developments. This document discusses how states have
responded to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision
in Ring v. Arizona requiring that juries decide
the sentence phase in death penalty cases. Of
particular concern has been the effect of the
decision on death sentences imposed by judges in
a handful of states before the Rind decision.
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| Trends
2002 |
Ann
Keith and Paula Hannaford-Agor. A National Program to Increase
Citizen Participation in the Jury System.
This article discusses solutions to
increasing jury participation as well as making
jury service more accommodating for others.
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| Trends
2001 |
Honorable
Michael Dann. Juries:
Composition and Comprehension. This
article includes five different ways in which
jury composition is evolving as well as new
mechanisms for helping juries understand the
legal matters at hand and to accommodate juries
more effectively.
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| Trends
2000 |
Tom
Munsterman. Multi-Lingual
Juries.
This article discusses the
increase in multilingual juries. It
focuses on New Mexico's state constitution and
how it addresses the need for a standard
language among jurists.
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